Reviews by pmcadamis:

Pours a hazy golden hue with a 1/2 finder head. Uneven soapy bubbles are all that remains after a few moments, although swirling does bring up a bit of a head again.

The nose on this one is not very complex. Just citric hop zest (lemon and orange peel) with a light hint of muskiness.

This one is extremely well balanced. Quite hoppy, but also robustly malted and sweetly biscuity. Mouthfeel is chewy and somewhat on the heavier side of the fence.

This (IMO) perfectly blanced IPA is rich with bready bicuity malt flavor while still retaining a very refreshing hop character. This one is very smooth goin' down the hatch and is 100% sessionable. A damn fine IPA.

Ok, so lets reel it back for a moment. Us beer geeks get caught up in the latest super-hopped double-whatever, so it is always welcoming to go back to the roots, the underrated and less talked about English IPA. Glowing golden color with good clarity, massive head from a hard pouring that forms into a thick bubbly lace. Buttery aroma with biscuity and nutty malt, thick herbal hop oil and a snappy apple fruitiness. The semi-thick medium body runs with a smooth and creamy mouthfeel. Hops flex up front with a slightly pungent oily herbal bitterness which shows some sharpness and a hint of wood, mint and citric flavor. Sweet bready malt flavors drop biscuity and almost husky flavors on a blanket of buttery and vaguely fruity yeast flavors. Finishes with a bittersweet tone.

A lovely ale here, but it should be told that Ringwood yeast is a different beast. Very English and some say it's an acquired taste. Regardless, it's brewed to style, or at least what the style is today, and comes across as a very tasty brew to say the least.

Across the board, this is a completely average IPA. Nothing special about it whatsoever. The brewers took no chances and added no personal touches in their recipe, & it shows.

From a bottle, the taste of this beer often has a metallic undertone to it, which is an extreme turnoff. Not much to say about the mouthfeel, smell, & appearance, except that it walks a straight line of what an IPA is "supposed" to be. Drinkability = I will drink 1 or 2 if they're free, but they get tiresome after that, and I would never pay for it.

Appearance: A very pale orangy-gold coloured beer, but with some chill-haze. Head settles very quickly to a very thin white whispy lace.

Smell: A bit nutty(?), with musty grains and a floral hop aroma.

Taste: Very smooth and creamy on the old palate, which quickly gets cut by a raw and sharp twangy bitter hop sting -- compised of citrus, rind and salty characters. Very crisp at this point, drying and puckering. Grain flavours follow the attack, along with a balancing fruity / malt sweetness and body, and some light biscuity flavours too. Then the hops return and linger throughout the finish with a grain dry feel and a sweet roundness that brings it all together.

Notes: A very decent IPA. Nothing crazy (like we all expect from US IPA these days), but quite drinkable and balanced overall. I'd let it warm up a bit to enhance the malt characters and the aroma.

Pale yellow color, small head that left no lacing. Smell was weak, less hop aroma than a very very light pale ale. There is only a small amount of earthy hops in the aroma, with a biscuity smell that isn't all that great. Taste was much of the same, and unimpressive was it as well. I don't doubt the time and effort put into this, but this one certainly doesn't tickle my fancy. Low carbonation, lighter bodied, and definately not a joy to drink; probably won't have this one again.

Got this at Camden Yards last night at the O's game. Poured an orange color, with decent head and good retention (hard to tell because of the plastic cup). Nice balanced aroma, leaning towards malt. Hops comes out on the tongue, with a nice herby middle and a slight malt finish. Quite Quaffable, but I only had one (too expensive at the game... $6.75 for barely 10 oz!)

Pours from the bottle a golden yellow color, and is topped with a big, beige lingering head. The aroma is of healthy hops, and the flavor does not disappoint with well-balanced hop bitterness and smooth malt nuances. The hops are not overpowering, but youll know theyre there. The carbonation is light, making for a very smooth and drinkable beer. Not as hoppy as many other IPAs, but overall a very well-rounded flavor that pleases the entire tongue.

I am somewhat of a fan of Fredrick Brewing. It was one of the first real micos that I found. My friends and I go to a restaurant near the Pitt Campus called Fuel and Fuddle. They have a nice bottle selection, but what got us started frequenting there was there house beers Fire Brick Brown Ale and Pumphouse Pale Ale. We asked about where the beers were brewed and they told us a microbrewery in Frederick, MD. So, after searching for their beers, we found that the Nut Brown Ale is basically the Fire Brick Brown, and The IPA is the Pumphouse Pale. So, now we have the luxury of drinking thiem in bottles. One of the few micros available here in Morgantown, most of their beers are solid offerings.

As for the Wild Goose IPA, it pours a orangish copper hue, with a nice frothing head. A nice mild floral hops aroma, that leaves the mouth salivating. A very smooth drinkable IPA, that is by no means as wild as the IPAs that I have been getting into recently, but this is a nice full flavored beer that is well balanced with a citrusy bite of bittering hops and a full sweet malt finish. A great session beer by all means. A great beer that I would fully reccomend, not over the top great. But very good, for a go to IPA.

I picked up the Wild Goose India Pale Ale at a small store on the PA-Md border. It wasn't pricey so I was somewhat concerned. However, I was mildly surprised with this brew. It had a nice light golden color with a quickly diminishing head. The smell was inviting. There was a nice mouthfeel and a great hoppy taste. Very drinkable, this is a nice little find which I will drink again.

A short lid of creamy white foam rests lazily atop a lightly hazy amber body. The head slowly drops to and average collar, leaving behind some minor drips and splashes of lace about the glass.

The nose is surprisingly peppery with a waft of wild flowers and dull citrus rind over a delicate maltiness.

In the mouth it's dextrinous medium body passes smoothly over the palate with just a gentle bristle of carbonation on the tongue.

Notes of buttery nuttiness not found in the aroma emerge in the flavor. It's malty (very worty) and dough-like but not really sweet upfront, balanced by lemony,peppery, leafy and herbal hops. Some gentle caramel notes can be found within the honeyish malt if you look for them. A firm bitterness balances it, and it finishes drying with lingering hop spice and lemon amidst gently sweet malt.

Lightly hopped, at least in the aroma department, but the aroma that is there is a nice crisp green hoppy aroma. The malt is very acidic, leading to a weak citric-sour initially. The body is medium, and the swallow has a lot happening at once: sourness, strong grapefruit, big hop bitterness, caramel malty sweetness. Long, long bitter aftertaste. The bitterness is certainly a surprise, compared to the amount of flavor and aroma hops.

From a variety case, it pours a slightly hazy light orange with a short white head.

OK, this is an English IPA, that explains the lack of big hops. Still the flavors here led me to believe it was an American IPA. The malts are almost nonexistant and the hops have a smooth citrus and grapefruit flavor punctuated by a little bit of grass and pepper. Very drinkable and good overall, there are just some better options out there.

I was off on a toot on this one for a while a few years back, it was relatively cheap, well made, and tasted damn fine...the store had a fresh shipment, and I took advantage of a good thing! A nice IPA...not hop juice, but still pleasantly bitter.

Gold hue infused with hints of amber translucent, small white head, quick to fade to a soapy ring, almost no lace. Petite nose, soft floral hops, clean with a kiss of malt simple yet inviting. Pleasant palate, more bitter & dry than the nose indicated salty, the hops are flowery; the weight of the malt is meager but sturdy enough for balance. Long, dry finish it leaves you wanting more. As it warms caramel malt hints grow and adds some depth. Ideal carbonation helps produce a soft, medium-bodied beer that is easy and pleasant to drink. This would make a decent session brew. This is not a typical hoppy American IPA; this may deter some people but please others, like me. This is not a world-beater but try one.

Dull, semi-cloudy orange hue, with a delicate floral and hoppy combined aroma, some carbonation detected, great lacing. Sharp and crisp up front, hops present, but not overpowering for the style. Medium bodied, just a touch on the dry and bitter side, but for the style, quite drinkable as the hops don't ruin the palate.

Pours a pale copper color with a small yet dense off white head that dissipated into a cap. The aroma is off light grassy/juicy hops and a bready malt; rather mellow. The taste has bit more of a hop bite. While the hops are still grassy there is some piney notes to it. There is a malt presence to smooth out the hops and provide a light grain and fruitiness but the hops still dominate. The feel is light with moderate carbonation, finishes fairly crisp with a hoppy bitterness. Another average/decent offering from Wild Goose. Nice hop profile for an EIPA.

A- Pours a hazy dull copper brown color. Looks like it had seen better days..maybe that's how it was suppose to look. Off white almost slight orange tint to it 1 finger head which died away within a minute leaves some good lacing on the sides of the glass. This would have gotten a 3 without the lacing putting forth the extra effort to win me over.

S- This leans more to the malts I realized upon first sniff. The hops in this don't seem right...almost like they are 2nd rate and not quality. Anyways, sweeter malts make up the nose to this beer along with hints of a grassy-ish bitter piney hop. Nothing jumps out at me with this beer except for well...sweet malts. I thought this was a IPA.

T- The hops come through more in the taste than in the aroma but this isn't really a good thing. Hops have a strong acidic bitterness to them that kill off most of the flavor in the beer. Strong medicine alcohol taste to this in the end of the beer. Malts come out for a second at about the middle of the beer just to wave their sweet hands before becoming over run with a dank bitterness. I am all for bitter beers don't get me wrong but this is a terrible bitter taste. the only reason why I rated it higher than the smell was because it at least had something that jumped out at you.

M- Light-medium mouthfeel to this. Good carbonation levels on this beer help with passing the train wreck of flavors across your palate. Nothing to over the top except bitterness to this beer. Some hop resin was left on the tounge but I didn't want it there.

D- I did drink all of this beer which was a small feat I thought. I would drink this beer again unless they got their act right and brewed a little more better brew. It has to be in the lower ranks of IPA's I have tried. Sad to say because I always enjoy trying new beers.